If you want to check which PowerShell version you are using, then execute either the command get-host or the command echo $PSVersionTable on PowerShell with elevated privileges. Get PowerShell Version Powershell Command: echo $PSVersionTable Result: The latest version is 5.1 and it is available in the newer generation of Windows Server 2016. PowerShell Versions on Windows ... Read more
If you want to run Hyper-V on newer Windows operating systems (Like Windows 8 or Windows Server 2016), your processor must support SLAT or Second level address translation. What is SLAT? SLAT is a technology which was introduced in both Intel and AMD processors. Intel calls this technology EPT (Extended Page Tables) while AMD refers ... Read more
We will use the Image Backup feature in Windows 10 to create a complete backup of your system, including the operating system, settings, applications, and personal files. I will show you in this guide how to do a backup to hard drive in Windows 10 using Windows's own tools, so there is no need for ... Read more
If you are a regular Windows 10 user, then you must be familiar with many of the commands that you can use in order to perform various activities in Windows 10. Similarly, Dir is also a Windows Command Prompt command, which is there to list the folders, sub-folders, and files present in the current directory. ... Read more
You can change the default display language of your Windows 10 from English to any other language. This is useful in scenarios where multiple users are accessing the same system and they understand different languages. In this guide, I will walk through to change the default English language to Urdu (you can change it to Spanish, French or ... Read more
Most people know about the importance of taking screenshots, which are, in fact, images of the current screen. Similarly, there should be a way to record our screen, that is, to create a video of the current screen. However, screen recording is something that most people are not familiar with. In this article, we will ... Read more
If you have worked with other programming languages, you have may used functions for code reusability. You can also create functions in PowerShell. PowerShell function example Below is the syntax of a simple function function hello-world { write-host "hello world" } You can also pass parameters in a function using the param keyword function Get-TimesResult { Param ([int]$a,[int]$b) $c = ... Read more
Finding and opening files via Windows Explorer is easy, but it takes a bit longer. There is a faster way to accomplish the same thing: the Command Prompt. Command Prompt is the fastest way to get things done. Using Command Prompt, you can find things quickly and open the files directly. This guide works for ... Read more
Want to change the default font in your Windows 10, but don't know how to go about it? There's nothing wrong with that. We know how to do it. But we also have a way out for you! Windows 10 has definitely made life easier by improving the user experience, but at the same time, ... Read more
Importing and exporting whole sound schemes becomes handy if you want to apply your schemes to different computers or setup your system anew and don't want to copy the whole Windows theme. Doing so proves trickier as one might think though, since sound schemes are not saved as some kind of file or package as ... Read more